Re: [AMC-list] Rust Removal - Axle Dipping Idea with Citric Acid - Got a NEW IDEA!

[Jim Blair <carnuck@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I used a plastic tube (ABS drain pipe even) and filled it with solvent for cleaning long items like that. Should work with the Citric acid too!


From: Greg Taylor <amundaza@xxxxxxxxx>
To: FSJ-List@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: AMC-LIST <amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [AMC-list] Rust Removal - Axle Dipping Idea with Citric Acid
	- Got	a NEW IDEA!
Message-ID: <786311.37803.qm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
 
OK guys,
I have done some deep thinking today about how to go about de-rusting the axles.? I realize that I don't need to SUBMERGE them to do it.? I hit a few local stores and picked up submergible POND PUMP for $44 and am using it with some rubber tubing I have at home (from a fish tank cleaner) and fittings that attach the hose to my oscillating lawn sprinkler, set on the "center" setting.
?
I am going to take a plastic 55-gallon drum and split it in half lengthwise, then silicone the ends together with a half-moon cutout, then screw them together to make about a 6.5' long "tank".? I'll put jack stands down inside, set the axle UP on them and then fix the sprinkler to a 2x4 above, which I'll move along the axle to "shower" the citric acid solution down over the rusty parts, to de-rustify them.? I'll speed up the de-rustification process using a livestock tank/bucket heater, to heat up the water.
?
I have a few pics of the preliminary setup on line at http://www.ifsja.org/forums/vb/showthread.php?t=110547
?
I'll post up more pics as I get the setup put together and then up and running.
?
 
Sincerely, 
Greg Taylor 
Rochester Hills, MI
1989 Jeep Grand Wagoneer "TRMN8R2"
330-CID AMC Stroker V8 		 	   		  
_________________________________________________________________
Your E-mail and More On-the-Go. Get Windows Live Hotmail Free.
http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/171222985/direct/01/
_______________________________________________
AMC-list mailing list
AMC-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx
http://list.amc-list.com/listinfo.cgi/amc-list-amc-list.com